Closing user defined .exe in Vb Program

[RABOD]

Hi all,

I have designed a program in Vb which allows the user to choose an .exe file (it could have any name).
However when the user closes the vb program the .exe process remains running.
What code can I use to stop this .exe process when the Vb program is closed.

Again, bare in mind that the process could be called anything.

Thanks (this is in VB6)

 

[HarleyQuinn]

If you are opening the .exe using shell you can grab the process id when you shell the program e.g.

ProcId = Shell("your.exe")

You can then use this (or an array of ProcessID's) to kill the process(es) when you close you app.

A quick search on KillProcess turned up DrJavaJoe's example thread222-730420 (it also contains a link to a thread in which Hypetia posts an example of how to get a PID from a process name), there are also several other examples using the same principle of a KillProcess function.

Hope this helps

HarleyQuinn
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